Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-09

minutes L got straight sight at the
preacher, between two yellow hammer
wings on the top of the same bonnet and
then settled down to business.
PRAYER FOR MRS. CLEVELAND.
The preacher after praying for the Pres
ident offered very suitable petition for
her who stood up with him before the pao-
pie as "a help-meet and begged that they
might have grace given them to commend
to the people of the land the faith which
they professed.
MRS. CLEvELAND's HAT.
did not know until | heard this prayer
hat the lady of the White House was in
the congregation, and then my neighbor
pointed her out to me, which he had no
difficulty in doing, as he said she sits over
herr in the middle block and wears the
ATTEST feather i'll the house. 1t was
r.c-fuly curling, bushing feather, pre-
,ulnant color blues with pinkish sell
aye and set upon a tiny blue velvet bon
1t Using above all the balance of the
"a hers. like as Saul did above his breth-
en S 10 also wore sea! skin sacque and
,oked very sweet and becomingy devo-
lonal.
CHURCH AND STATE.
Among the notices given by the pastor
gas one to the effect that during the com
= session of Congress strOng effort
.ud be made to get the Territory of
Utah admitted into the Union; that a
l,< IN, h;
elsewhere were getting signers to a petit
lion begging Congress not to admit the
erritory, and said DIR. s., ''if my humble
voice could be of any avail l would say
what could TO prevent it until that NOR
: al cancer Of Mormonism is removed
That did sound rather like 'politicatingo
the pulpit to plain Virginia Presbyte
rian, but may BIZ it is all right.
THE SERMON
. vas very good. plain gospel preaching, read
. rather closely from his manuscript and
only 25 minutes long. After which the
Elders took their seats On each side Of thu
preacher in front of the pulpit and facing
The congregation, and the communicates
we're requested to sit together in the mid
ile block, where about 200 persons assem-
oiled, including Mrs Cleveland. and were
handed the elements by the elders, nearly
| all of the rest Of the congregation retiring.
BAPTISM.
Before the services closed a father and
| mother brought their chubby infant for
ward to be baptized. There was nothing
| ,trikipg about the baby, but it was anus
| ing to see how Mrs. CleveIand's feather
bobbed about as she tried to get good
look at that baby, which suggested the
| thought that the first lady OF the land has
the same warm heart for babies and just
as m uch curiosity about them as the rest.
! DISMISSED AND CONCLUDED.
After the benediction the congregation
seemed to liDger moment for the Presi-
| DENTS wife to pass out as her seat was
near the pulpit, and without appearing to
speak to any one, she walked quickly
| down the aisle and out of the church
| where she encountered large crowd Of
| persons who were waiting to see her. They
made passage through their ranks for
her and her friends to pass to their car
rage to which was hitched two pretty seal
brown horses. They hurriedly took their
seats aGd big negro wearing light over
coat, a black silk hat and looking as grand
as the Car of all the Russians, drove
them rapidly away from the gaping
| crowd. Z. q. M.